Give me strength

wingedbride

Today is day three with MIL. Second full day with my H working and he works late tonight for some work dinner. On the first day, she walked into a store and interrupted a clerk who was talking to another customer to ask for a shower cap. She yelled "Do you have shower caps?" while walking toward her. So I told her to walk up and say hello first, wait for eye contact and then slowly ask for the item. Seriously, I should not have to teach this right? She listened to part of that because today she walked into a store and yelled "BACKPACK?" to the clerk. at least she said it slowly,

Vinny08

Oh my.  She sounds...lovely.

FallinAgain

I really like my MIL but I wondered want to entertain her for days by myself.

wingedbride

She really is not bad overall, she is just a little rough around the edges. And honestly, a little rude. Fallin, we have a lot of good museums here. And she naps.

EABwork

Sorry Winged.  I We could send her a book on how to travel in Europe.

wingedbride

EAB, she read one before she left. And this is not her first trip. This is her personality. I think a lot of what she does would be seen as rude in the US too. She just really is oblivious, even about other things- like we went to the ATM and she didn't try to protect her code. She stood arms length from the ATM and entered it. I was shocked. That is basic knowledge I thought.

Mrs.Babbsy

Oh my, I can't see you with a person like that at all. GL trying not to kill her.

EABwork

Again, sorry Winged.  Maybe you could just drop her off a a few museums and say that you are going to a class or something. 

wingedbride

you are wise eab. Mr. Winged is off work tomorrow. I may become ill.

CaliopeSpidrman

Start complaining of coming down with something now.  Or maybe you could feign pulling a muscle.

noisy_penguin

Maybe you could accidentally lose her in a museum. Could she find her way back to your flat?

tastyburger

hahaha  she sounds kind of socially leotarded. how long is MIL staying?  did I miss this? on Ma news front . . .she is turning 50 next month.  50!  OMG.  WHY IS SHE SO YOUNG?  I want to send her to another dimension where time moves much faster so that when she comes back she's 90 and on death's door.  annnnnnnd, I'm going to hell now.

wingedbride

She has our address noisy, although she cannot pronounce it, so hopefully she would show it to someone illiterate if she got lost. But then, what would I do with her luggage? She is here until Wednesday morning. I have two more full days alone with her plus I have to bring her to the airport by my lonesome. I deserve shoes.

EABwork

Really nice shoes. 

PDXPhotoGrl

Oh ugh. Beer you strength.

wingedbride

mmmm, beer. there is a local brewery here that is so good. they have a white beer that i have gotten drunk on many times before 3pm.

noisy_penguin

Beer you strength::snort:: There was the laugh you get 25% of the time.

Vinny08

White beer sounds like your salvation.  Drunk-hanging with ILs = good.  Hangover Saturday = sitting on couch fighting your "possible food poisoning" while MIL goes to museums.

dothenoodle

Did you end up taking her to thered light district to see a show? And if so, did she try to talk to the performers during it? :-) Sorry, the image of your MIL yelling "ICED TEA" or something during a show cracks me up.

wingedbride

We have not gone. I hope to avoid it. Then again, i would not ever make my husband do it by himself, because that would be the squiggiest thing ever, so I will go if she insists.